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It’s cold, Christmas is over and summer seems a long way off. Now is the time to seek out some winter sun or head for the snow. With the Caribbean at its hottest and driest, this is an excellent time of year to fly westwards.

But you might also keep the vitamin D levels up in the Indian Ocean – it just depends which activities suit your clan.

If you have school-age children and don’t want to ski in the short days of December or risk slush at Easter, February is your only chance for skiing.

But if you’re joining this, the most expensive time in the season, you’ll want to maximise your time on the slopes: get to the lifts by 9am, have an early lunch, and then ski through the quiet hours of noon...

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